Coordination and subordination: the test

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  1. In Because John was alone we invited him for dinner but he didn't want to come we have:
    1.   Three coordinated clauses
    2.   Two subordinated clauses and one coordinated clause
    3.   One subordinate clause and two coordinated clauses
    4.   Three subordinated clauses
  2. In The car broke down and that was why I was late we have:
    1.   A relative adverb phrase acting to subordinate
    2.   A relative adverbial phrase acting to coordinate
    3.   A relative pronoun phrase acting to subordinate
    4.   A sentence in which the clauses can be reversed with no loss of meaning
  3. In In order to catch the bus he hurried down the road we have:
    1.   A coordinating conjunction
    2.   A preposition acting to subordinate
    3.   A complex subordinating conjunction
    4.   A preposition acting to coordinate
  4. In Tired, miserable, wet, we waited for the bus we have:
    1.   Asyndectic coordination
    2.   Asyndectic subordination
    3.   A subordinated clause
    4.   A missing subordinator
  5. Why is She stayed at home so it was raining wrong but It was raining so she stayed at home correct?
    1.   Because the conjunction should be because of in this case
    2.   Because although the conjunction is a subordinator, this is semantically impossible
    3.   Because although the conjunction is a coordinator, this is semantically impossible
    4.   Because the conjunction is only a coordinator when it refers to cause and effect
  6. In So that she could see, she stood on a box we have:
    1.   A compound sentence
    2.   A compound-complex sentence
    3.   A fronted coordinator
    4.   A fronted subordinator
  7. Why is So that I could see his footsteps the snow was fresh on the ground wrong?
    1.   Because so that is a coordinator and cannot be fronted
    2.   Because so that is a subordinator and cannot be fronted
    3.   Because it should be ... the snow was so fresh on the ground that ...
    4.   Because the direction of causality is mistaken
  8. In She left the money on the kitchen table before she went out and the boy took it we have:
    1.   Three coordinated clauses
    2.   One main clause and two coordinated subordinate clauses
    3.   Three subordinated clauses
    4.   Two coordinated clauses and one subordinated clause
  9. In Not wearing a tie will mean they won't let you in we have:
    1.   A simple sentence with no subordination
    2.   A sentence in which the clauses can be reversed with no loss of meaning
    3.   A coordinated sentence of two clauses
    4.   A non-finite verb form acting as a conditional subordinator
  10. Two independent clauses can only be joined by ...
    1.   attachment
    2.   subordination
    3.   linking
    4.   coordination